Improvement in back-band hooks



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N0 l48,606, Patented March17,1874.

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JOSIAH B. GATHRIGHT, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

IMPROVEMENT IN BACK-BAND HOOKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 148,606, dated March17, 1874; application filed March 5, 1873.

To all whom fit may concern Be it known that I, Josrnn B. GATnRrGI-IT,of the city of Louisville, State of Kentucky, have invented new anduseful Improvements in BackBand Hooks, of that class that areadjustable; and I hereby declare that the following is a correctspecification of the same, reference being' had-to the accompanyingdrawings which form a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide an adjustable hook forback-bands, which shall be simpler in construction-hence cheaperand lessliable to be broken than those cast ones heretofore in use.

It will be seen by reference to Figure 1 in the drawings, that I havedevised a method or plan of construction and a simplicity7 ofform thatenable me to construct a combined hooky and buckle suitable forback-bands, by simply bending two wires into suitable shape, andconnecting' them together, as seen in the drawings Fig. 1. The tenacityof the wire gives a stronger hook than the same weight of cast metal,and experience has shown that articles ot' this class can be madecheaper of bent wire than by casting.

The forms heretofore used for combined hook and buckle for back-bands donot admit of their being constructed of bent wire alone, as they havethree parallel bars for the buckle part, the center one being for thetongues, (see Fig. 3,) and the two outer ones being loops. I have,therefore, devised the simpler form or pattern seen in Fig. l, in whichI have dispensed with the lower parallel bar, (see Fig. 3,) which formeda loop to hold down the lower or loose end of the back-band, and have soshaped and arranged the supporting-arms ofthe hook an d the point of thehook that they will perform this function equally well.

In addition to the advantage referred to, the passing of the back-bandend immediately under the point of the hook, without having a metal barintervening, will keep the link of the trace in the hook more certainlythan heretofore.

By reference. to Fig. 3 the form heretofore in use may be seen. It willbe seen that to pass the link into the hook a space must be left betweenbar O and the point of the hook.

This arrangement sometimes allows the link to escape ,from the hook; butin my invention the leather passes immediately under the point of thehook after being bent over bar B, hence presses constantly outwardagainst the point of the hook, and is sufficient to prevent the escapeof the link, at the same time the leather will yield readily enough toallow the link to be forced in. The hook-point may come so near to Bthat the link cannot be putin the hook while the leather is between barB and the hook. In this case the leather end should not be put under thehook until the link has been putin the hook, and when put in, then iteifectually prevents the link from escaping.

Though leather back-bands only have been mentioned above, the hook andbuckle described are just as well adapted to web asto leather.

rIhe form seen in Fig. 2 maybe used for leather, and the bar B may be ofwire, like A, and clamped around A, as seen; or it may be a casting,with eyes for the wire A to pass through. The wire A may be continuousinstead of open above, and its points may meet together in the hook.

I would remark that in constructing the hook herein described, the hookmay be turned under.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, isv

I. A combined hook and buckle for backbands, constructed of wire bentinto shape, substantially as shown and described.

2. As an article of manufacture, a combined hook and buckle forback-bands and other similar uses, in which the arms which support thehook, and the point of the hook perform the function of loop for thelower or loose end of the band without the additional bar, substantiallyas and for the purpose herein shown and described.

Witness my hand this 24th day of February, IS7 3.

JOSIAH B. GATHRIGIIT.

Vitnesses:

H. GnnENnnAUn, H. I). GrLLooK.

